Our Purpose and Values
Our purpose and values are what make us unique in who we are and they drive the impact we want to have as a business in the world. At our core is the ambition to be a force of positive change in our industry and to push the boundaries of possibility.
As a business we will continue to evolve, innovate and adapt. Our purpose and values guide us to evolve quicker, and in a way that fulfils our responsibilities and duties to our people, our clients, the communities in which we work and the planet.
Our purpose is:
To push the boundaries of what’s possible, in service of humanity.
Underpinned by values of care, integrity and courage.
At Laing O'Rourke, we have always had a strong sense of purpose with underpinning values, stemming from our family ownership and a passion to deliver projects that improve the lives of the communities they serve.
Our origin story, told by our own people connects the threads of our past to the ambitions of our future and it shows that our purpose and values matter now more than ever. They provide our reference point to test our decision making and actions against, and they inspire us, as they always have done, to find better and new ways to deliver.
View our vacancies below and discover your future career at Laing O'Rourke.
Our Origin Story
Vacancies
| Title | Location | Category | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior People Advisor | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Human resources | Join a team of industry experts tackling ambitious challenges, backed by world-class development opportunities. |
| Construction Planner | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Planning/Project Controls | Help shape the successful delivery of Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program, |
| Completions Lead | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Quality | Lead completions on one of Australia’s most significant defence programs, supporting the delivery of the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Construction Yard in South Australia. |
| Technical Project Leader – Delivery | Perth, WA, Australia | Design/Technical, Engineering | Based in Perth. Join a team of industry experts tackling ambitious challenges, backed by world-class development opportunities and a culture where people stay and thrive. |
| Business Development Manager (NSW) | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Business Development | Based in Seven Hills, NSW. Develop and present tender submissions, quotations, and tailored value proposition. |
| Senior Logistics Manager - EOI | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Engineering, Logistics, Plant Management | Based in Seven Hills, NSW. Look forward to great career prospects with Select Plant Australia! |
| Logistics Manager | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Logistics | Play a key role in delivering AUKUS, leading complex projects that will help shape Australia’s future defence capability. |
| Executive / Personal Assistant | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Administration | Help deliver Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program. Play a pivotal role in a high-performing project team by delivering comprehensive support to our Senior Leadership. |
| Assistant Logistics Coordinator | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Engineering, Logistics, Plant Management | Based in Seven Hills, NSW. Look forward to great career prospects with Select Plant Australia! |
| Quantity Surveyor / Contracts Administrator | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Join Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program as Contracts Administrator / Quantity Surveyor, delivering commercial excellence across complex infrastructure works. |
| Senior Project Engineer | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Engineering | Exciting career opportunity to accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Site Engineer | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Engineering | Build your career on Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program, supporting the safe and successful delivery of complex construction works. |
| Project Engineer | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Engineering | Help deliver Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program, leading engineering outcomes across complex and high-profile construction works. |
| Employee and Industrial Relations Manager | Sydney, NSW, Australia. Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Human resources, Legal | Join a team of industry experts tackling ambitious challenges, backed by world-class development opportunities and a culture where people stay and thrive. |
| Service Desk Analyst | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | Information Technology | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Senior Quantity Surveyor | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Full-time Senior Quantity Surveyor opportunity on the Eastern Freeway – Burke to Tram Alliance, working on one of Melbourne’s major infrastructure projects. |
| Quantity Surveyor | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Full-time Quantity Surveyor opportunity on the Eastern Freeway – Burke to Tram Alliance, working on one of Melbourne’s major infrastructure projects. |
| Expressions of Interest - Indigenous Trainee Site Administrator | Perth, WA, Australia | Administration | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Electrical Supervisor | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Supervision/Construction Delivery | Seeking an experienced Electrical Supervisor to join us on the iconic Eastern Freeway Burke to Tram Alliance. |
| Estimating Lead/Estimating Manager | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Estimating/Cost Planning | Join a team of industry experts tackling ambitious challenges, backed by world-class development opportunities and a culture where people stay and thrive. |
| Senior Estimator | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Estimating/Cost Planning | Join a team of industry experts tackling ambitious challenges, backed by world-class development opportunities and a culture where people stay and thrive. |
| Commercial Manager | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Shape the commercial success of one of Australia’s most significant defence programs, leading commercial strategy across complex infrastructure delivery. |
| Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior Contracts Administrator | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Join Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, delivering commercial excellence across complex infrastructure works. |
| Asset Lead | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Business Development, Plant Management | Based in Seven Hills, NSW. Look forward to great career prospects with Select Plant Australia! |
| Design Co-ordinator/Design Engineer | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Design/Technical, Digital Engineering | Motivated Design Engineer wanted to provide technical expertise, contribute to innovative design solutions and help drive engineering excellence across a diverse project portfolio. |
| Resourcing Leader | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Human resources | Provide leadership across NSW resourcing, while delivering strategic recruitment for Corporate, Strategic Programmes and global mobility. |
| HOTO & Completions Manager | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Quality | Exciting career opportunity to accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Design Leader | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Design/Technical | Lead design on one of Australia’s most significant defence programs, driving innovative, buildable solutions across complex infrastructure. |
| Construction Director | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Project Leadership | Lead construction delivery on Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program, shaping the successful delivery of complex, critical national infrastructure. |
| Hire Controller (NSW) | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Plant Management | Based in Seven Hills, NSW. Fulfil customer requests for the hire of construction plant and equipment. |
| Contracts Administrator | Perth, WA, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Based in Malaga, WA. Coordinate regional mobilisation and operational readiness activities |
| Finance Business Partner – Clients & Markets | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Finance | Partner with our Clients & Markets team and shape the numbers behind how we win work. North Sydney based finance role. |
| Senior Proposals Design Coordinator (Fixed-Term Contract) | Sydney, NSW, Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Adelaide, SA, Australia. Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Perth, WA, Australia | Business Development, Marketing/Communications | Translate complex technical information into visual stories that improve understanding, readability, retention and client confidence. |
| JV Finance Manager | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Finance | Shape the commercial success of one of Australia’s most significant defence programs, leading commercial strategy across complex infrastructure delivery. |
| Strategic Workforce Planning Lead | Sydney, NSW, Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia | Human resources | Shape future workforce needs through strategic, data-led planning. |
| Surveillance Officer | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Quality | Opportunity for a proactive Surveillance Officer on one of Melbourne's largest infrastructure projects to date |
| Project Coordinator | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | Administration | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Building Services Manager - Brisbane/Sunshine Coast | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Engineering, Facilities, Project Leadership | Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of critical building services, across complex infrastructure projects. |
| Senior Data Engineer | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | Information Technology | Lead the design and delivery of scalable cloud data platforms, advanced analytics solutions. |
| Program Director - Water Infrastructure | Perth, WA, Australia | Engineering | Based in Perth. Drive strategic decision-making and resolve complex issues impacting program performance |
| Health and Safety Advisor | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Health/Safety/Environment | Based in Seven Hills, NSW. Provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice that helps teams manage risk effectively |
| Expressions of Interest - Procurement Manager | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Commercial/Procurement | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Project Director | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Project Leadership | Exciting career opportunity to accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Project Manager - Utilities | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Project Leadership | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Senior Project Engineers - Mechanical/Hydraulics | Sydney, NSW, Australia. Darwin, NT, Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia. Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Perth, WA, Australia | Engineering | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expression of Interest - Communications Advisor | Sydney, NSW, Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia. Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Perth, WA, Australia | Marketing/Communications | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Senior Project Engineers - Electrical | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Digital Engineering | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Design Managers | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Design/Technical, Engineering, Planning/Project Controls, Project Leadership | Exciting career opportunities. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Design Coordinators | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Design/Technical | Exciting career opportunities. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Cost Planners/Cost Managers | Brisbane, QLD, Australia. QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Estimating/Cost Planning | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Expressions of Interest - Work Health and Safety Managers | QLD - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | Health/Safety/Environment, Supervision/Construction Delivery | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| Project Leader | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Project Leadership | Lead people, performance and delivery on AUKUS, helping shape Australia’s future defence capability. |
| Safety Advisor | Adelaide, SA, Australia | Health/Safety/Environment | Drive safety excellence on Australia’s largest-ever defence infrastructure program, influencing culture and performance across complex project delivery. |
| Senior Quantity Surveyor | QLD - Regional, QLD, Australia | Estimating/Cost Planning | Senior Quantity Surveyor opportunity on a world-stage infrastructure project. |
| Cyber Risk & Compliance Manager | Sydney, NSW, Australia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Perth, WA, Australia | Information Technology | Shape cyber security governance and compliance from anywhere in Australia, with flexibility, growth and meaningful impact. |
| EOI - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Opportunities | Perth, WA, Australia | Workforce - Labour, Workforce - Trades | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People to express their interest in building a future career with a family owned Teir 1 Contractor. |
| Protection Officer - Level 2 | NSW - Regional, NSW, Australia | Other/Non-specific | Exciting career opportunity. Accelerate your career with Laing O'Rourke. |
| EOI - Senior Environmental Manager/ Environmental Manager - Contract role | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | Health/Safety/Environment, Sustainability | At Laing O'Rourke, you'll build a career that matters, delivering infrastructure that connects communities and makes a real impact where people live and work. |
| EOI - Senior Environmental Manager/ Environmental Manager | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Health/Safety/Environment, Sustainability | At Laing O'Rourke, you'll build a career that matters, delivering infrastructure that connects communities and makes a real impact where people live and work. |
| EOI - Environmental Manager | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | Health/Safety/Environment, Sustainability | Express your interest in being part of the team delivering iconic venues and infrastructure for Queensland’s future. |
